Mr. Meaty is a "children's" show, ages eight and up, debuting on Nickelodeon and CBC in 2006. It's about two teenagers, Josh and Parker, who work in a mall at a fast food restaurant called, well, Mr. Meaty. Josh is snarky, tall, often scheming to get money, get girls to notice him, or just in general. Best Friend Parker is a lovable moron who's also The Pollyanna and is incredibly nice. They work for the thawed out (but not completely, as he still looks like a frozen corpse) Texan CEO of Mr. Meaty. They also have to deal with a roving gang of "Gangsta" kids, a group of Libbys named the Ashleys, and other general weirdness that pops into their store.

This series provides examples of:

Ascended to Carnivorism: An unusual human variation occurs when a group of soy centric vegetarians are supposed to eat their new employee, as part of a plan that even they don't really understand. This is mostly because their "circle of life" chart makes no sense and is really confusing.

Bratty Half-Pint: Several of the kids usually seen hanging around the mall qualify.

Butt-Monkey: Josh, usually due to Parker's stupidity. Parker has his moments as well.

Chest Burster: The lizard-face alien dressed as a new employee in "I Love Lizzy" is implied to be a facehugger alien type, as she traps Parker in a snot-like web and promises him that once she impregnates him with her eggs everything will be fine...until they hatch and burst out of his chest.

Exact Words: One episode had the Parker try to be the new Josh, leading to a contest by the two, with Doug as the judge. The first two rounds had this trope in effect. (The third was a wrestling match; Doug had run out of ideas for challenges, and decided to settle it 'the old fashioned way'.)

The first round had the boys try to get rid of all the hungry customers. Josh simply tossed them free meat. Parker knocked them out with a massive fart. Doug gave the round to Josh since A) Josh didn't 'get rid of them' so much as 'knock them into a state of semi-consciousness', and B) they were still gonna be hungry when they woke up.

The second round had the boys get the most girl's numbers. While Josh worked up the charm, Parker... grabbed a phone book. Doug allowed it, since technically, it had all the girls numbers.

Grand Finale: Extremely rare for a Nicktoon; especially their comedies, but Mr. Meaty had one. The special Dream of the Dead ties up every loose end, sets the duo towards their successful future shown in Geezers, and notes that they never return to the titular fast food restaurant again until they become rich enough to buy it out solely for the purpose of shutting it down. Also half the town's brains are eaten by the zombified Bugosi, but no one notices this.

Green-Skinned Space Babe: An lizard-faced alien dressed as a new employee tries to attract the duo so she can impregnate them with her eggs.

Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Josh can be incredibly selfish and is not above taking advantage of or ditching Parker, but he always comes around to make up for it in the end and is shown to value their friendship.

Karmic Transformation: When Josh insults a magical unicorn, the unicorn turns him into a pink horse but with his head remaining human.

Laser-Guided Karma: The boys are often on the receiving end of this for their antics; In "Moochmaster P" Parker mooches off of everyone, prompting him to eat a raw burger containing a tapeworm that steals his food. In "The Fries That Bind", Josh slacks off at work and causes Parker to quit, leaving himself at the mercy of an angry crowd when he refuses to do his job properly.

MacGyvering: Parker made a time machine out of a microwave, jumper cables, and sausages.

Meaningful Name: Edward Carney's last name is a pun on "carne," the Spanish word for "meat."

Mega Corp.: Arguably the Mr. Meaty fast food chain, which is controlled by Edward R. Carney, the founder who was previously cryogenically frozen and will not rest until man, woman and child has a Mr. Meaty meal 5 times a day.

Only Sane Man: Brittney, easily the most fair and sensible of everyone in the mall.

Salt and Pepper: Josh and Brittany. Brittany is very level-headed and advice-savvy and smarter than Ashley and Ashley 2. In the episode Big Greasy Musical, Parker says Josh always talks about liking Brittany. In later episode, she's outright called Josh's girlfriend, and Josh gets jealous when he thinks another guy is after her. In the episode's end, he confesses he acted crazy out of jealousy, because he loves her. His feelings are reciprocated.

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